The management at MIA have a mission to improve profits at all costs. This has resulted in a strategy for steadily reducing permanent staff wages.
They were recently trying to recruit a communications officer to (presumably) spin this message positively to staff and unions.
Unfortunately, the wage they were offering for this post was so pathetic that I doubt whether they will recruit anyone who is competent to do so.
Quite ironic, considering that MIA is still efectively run by a Labour council. I wonder if anyone on that council knows what ideals Labour originally stood for? Whether you agree or disagree with the political alignment, it's all very "Animal Farm" in the way it's playing itself out...